Tag Archives: Sergio Leone

Five Film Favorites: Gun Fights

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Todd Hunter Starkweather

I have not yet worked out the ethical dilemma of how I can find certain forms of violence so mesmerizing and, yes, entertaining in cinema while knowing that those same forms of violence, when they occur in real life, have such devastating … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Lists, Uncategorized | Tagged Aurelian Recoing, Clint Eastwood, Demain des l'aube, Denis Dercourt, Eli Wallach, Ennio Morricone, Gene Hackman, gun fights, High Noon, James Drury, Jeremie Renier, Jimmy Stewart, Joel McCrea, John Anderson, John Ford, John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Lee Van Cleef, Randolph Scott, Richard Harris, Ride the High Country, Sam Peckinpah, Sergio Leone, The Good The Bad and the Ugly, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Unforgiven, Vincent Perez, Warren Oates | Leave a comment

Five Film Favorites: Openings

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Todd Hunter Starkweather

When I teach writing, one of the things that I repeat in nearly every class is that introductions and openings matter. They matter quite a bit. I inform my students that if they lose a reader in the introduction, chances grow … Continue reading →

Posted in Essays, Film, Lists | Tagged Akira Kurosawa, Andrew Stanton, Ennio Morricone, Fargo, Fistful of Dollars, Five Film Favorites, For a Few Dollars More, Howards End, James Ivory, Joel Coen, Openings, Sergio Leone, Toshiro Mifune, Vanessa Redgrave, Wall-E, William H. Macy, Yojimbo | 2 Comments

Five Film Favorites: Male Face Objects

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Todd Hunter Starkweather

A few months back, during the highly successful James River Film Festival, I wrote a small piece about Robert Mitchum. Without cutting and pasting what I wrote in that post, I will here briefly summarize that I felt that Robert Mitchum met many of … Continue reading →

Posted in Essays, Film | Tagged Akira Kurosawa, Brokeback Mountan, Clint Eastwood, Dirty Harry, Fistful of Dollars, Gran Torino, Greta Garbo, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Heath Ledger, High and Low, In the Heat of the Night, Lillies of the Field, Robert Mitchum, Roland Barthes, Sergio Leone, Sidney Poitier, The Dark Knight, The Defiant Ones, The Face of Garbo, The Hidden Fortress, The Patriot, Toshiro Mifune | 2 Comments

Family Viewing Recommendation: Rango

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Todd Hunter Starkweather

I have previously posted about the difficulty of finding quality films made with children as the target audience. However, I am a sucker for taking my children to the movies, so I inevitably sit through clunkers such as Gnomeo and Juliet … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged A Fistful of Dollars, Angelina Jolie, Bill Nighy, Byrd Theatre, CartoonNetwork, Chinatown, Clint Eastwood, Dead Man, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Gnomeo and Juliet, Gore Verbinski, Jackie Chan, Jim Jarmusch, Johnny Depp, Ned Beatty, Nickelodeon, Pirates of the Caribbean, Rango, Rio, Rodrick Rules, Russell Crowe, Sergio Leone, SpongeBob SquarePants, There Will Be Blood, Tom Kenney, Toy Story 3, Vigo Mortenson | 1 Comment

Five Film Favorites: Charles Bronson

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Ward Howarth

Hollywood first knew Charles Bronson as Charles Buchinsky. Beginning in 1951, a string of uncredited roles eventually led to memorable turns in a few well known pictures, among them Andre de Toth’s House of Wax (which I’ve had the good … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, film studies, History | Tagged Alain Delon, Charles Bronson, Death Hunt, Mr. Majestyk, Once Upon A Time In The West, Red Sun, Sergio Leone, The Mechanic, Toshiro Mifune | Leave a comment

Violent Style without Ethical Substance: “Inglourious Basterds” and the Italian Western

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Todd Hunter Starkweather

In F.T. Rea’s post of favorite Westerns, Rea cleverly and accurately assigned each film with a word: High Noon is about honor. Lonely Are the Brave is about freedom. Stagecoach is about survival. Treasure of the Sierra Madre is about … Continue reading →

Posted in Essays, Film, Reviews | Tagged Aldo Raine, Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Clint Eastwood, Col. Hans Landa, Eli Wallach, Ennio Morricone, Five Film Favorites, Good the Bad and the Ugly, Heath Ledger, High Noon, Inglorious Basterds, Italian Westerns, John Ford, Joker, Kill Bill Vol. 2, Lee Van Cleef, Lonely Are the Brave, Quentin Tarantino, Revenge of a Gunfighter, Searchers, Sergio Leone, Stagecoach, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Unforgiven | 8 Comments

Tag Archives: Sergio Leone

Five Film Favorites: Gun Fights

Five Film Favorites: Openings

Five Film Favorites: Male Face Objects

Family Viewing Recommendation: Rango

Five Film Favorites: Charles Bronson

Violent Style without Ethical Substance: “Inglourious Basterds” and the Italian Western

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